Waukesha County Executive Dan Vrakas thinks the public has had enough of the raids of the transportation funds, and he’s pushing for an amendment to the state constitution to stop it
“We are violating the faith and trust of the people who pay the gas tax,” he said, and then asked what people must think when [...]
My interview with Dick Leinenkugel in the Waukesha Freeman last week caught the attention of the Terrence Wall campaign and WISN’s Mark Belling (7:11 in).
An e-mail from the Wall campaign yesterday:
Dick Leinenkugel was a quick study under his old boss, Jim Doyle. It only took him 18 months to acquire Jim Doyle’s sense of honesty:
From today’s [...]
While some Democrats in southeastern Wisconsin and Governor Jim Doyle believe the future is in 19th century technology and building trains, Assembly Speaker Mike Sheridan (D) sees a different future for transit from Madison to Illinois. He wants to widen I-39/90 from Madison to the Illinois state line.
Sheridan, a Janesville Democrat, said rebuilding and [...]
WISN’s Mark Belling endorsed Jeff Scrima because of Mayor Larry Nelson’s support for the RTA. Does anyone know Scrima’s actual position on the issue? Or is he still listening?
Here’s another good question. If Mayor Larry Nelson loses to Jeff Scrima in conservative Waukesha in part because of the shoes he wears, will [...]
It’s 2010, the year someone loses a contact.
Once again, it’s time to shake the magic martini shaker and see into the future. Four or five ought to do it. If we stare at the olive in the glass long enough, a vision slowly appears. A vision of things to come, and another refill. This year, [...]
The Reason Foundation is out with it’s latest report on state highways, and the MacIver Institute has some analysis. The good news it that Wisconsin does not totally suck. The bad news, we’re getting worse.
How did Wisconsin fare?
At first blush, we appear to be in the middle of the pack. We rank 21st [...]
Our friend Huckleberry Dumbell passes along this photo as proof of what is wrong with Washington D.C.:
“Always picking the wrong tool to fix a problem.”
By the way, the next time someone like Jim Rowen suggests that the best way to avoid long commute times in the winter weather is to build more trains, check out [...]
Governor Doyle’s tax on “big oil” profits is not likely to pass the legislature. (Will any Democrats apologize to State Representative Bill Kramer now that they are the tools of Big Oil, too?) So the usual suspects are going back to their favorite revenue source: raising taxes directly at the gas pump.
Gov. Jim Doyle said [...]
Predictions, Predictions, Predictions.
Once again, it’s time to shake the magic martini shaker and see into the future. Four or five ought to do it. If we stare at the olive in the glass long enough, a vision slowly appears. A vision of things to come, and another refill. This year, I decided to keep the [...]
I think I have some of the cleverest commenters in Wisconsin (on both sides). Yet not one of you called me a hypocrite and suggested if they wanted to build a spur on the Interstate through Frame Park I would be there with a shovel helping the digging.
I see we’re going to have to increase [...]
